Tuesday, April 24, 2018
GOLDEN SANDS AND GRIEVANCES Nicola Werenowska has certainly found fertile ground for the setting of her play: the decline of English seaside towns (in this case Clacton) from t…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:50PMMonday, April 23, 2018
Part 1: SECRET HEARTS (and an explanation) This is a fabulously quixotic enterprise directed by Tom Littler: a revival of all nine of Noel Coward’s one-act plays, written in 1935 as…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:56AMSaturday, April 21, 2018
Story of Scottish meteorologist James Stagg’s crucial intervention in Operation Overlord comes to the West End in tense drama PressureA tense historical drama celebrating the D-day interve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMMORE THAN A PICNIC I could tell you that it is worth going up West for the transfer of Hampstead’s fine play just to see Roger Allam (his fine quiff sadly suppressed under…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:37PMFriday, April 20, 2018
BAT’S BACK… In a remarkably quick return after its Coliseum outing , Jim Steinman’s barmy musical is storming onto the Tottenham Court Road, rocking on. Few cast chang…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:17AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
A LATE NIGHT TO REMEMBER At twenty to midnight, 106 years to the day after the collision, an audience gathered in this big theatre to mark and remember the disaster.…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:15AMMonday, April 16, 2018
The disagreement over the characterization of Atticus Finch expands to a second lawsuit between the producers and the Lee estate.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06PMSCI-FI AND SORROW We begin with a tiny proscenium box, an almost Punch-and-Judy window, framing Harry and his wife Max: nice middle-aged people, evoked to sitcom perfection by a beard…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:35AMThursday, April 12, 2018
THE JOINT IS JUMPING! AGAIN… Openings are running in themed sets – three Restoration comedies coming along like No.11 buses, and now two nights running…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:35AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
The bold Atlanta Opera world premiere of Out of Darkness: Two Remain debuted Thursday. The story of two Holocaust survivors — one Jewish and one gay — is told with powerful theat…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PMTuesday, April 10, 2018
SWOTS OR SWINDLERS, VILLAINS OR VICTIMS? Sometimes a West End transfer serves a play royally. At Chichester last year I enjoyed James Graham’s playful, thoughtfully mischievo…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:39PMCATHY, STILL NOT HOME AFTER FIFTY YEARS Homeless charities like to remind us of the mantra: we are all just two bad decisions away from the pavement. The trajectory of our heroine Cat…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:53AMMonday, April 9, 2018
SHORT, SHARP, STIMULATING The INK new writing festival (http://inkfestival.org) is a phenomenon: a space where writers of any experience or none can submit short plays (most unde…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:03AMSunday, April 8, 2018
'Hamilton' scored seven wins, while top prizes went also to 'The Ferryman,' 'Angels in America' and 'Follies,' with Bryan Cranston, Sam Mendes, Shirley Henderson and Laura Donnelly among hon…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:55PMWould-be actors from low-income homes are being shut out of the profession, say campaignersBritain’s theatre establishment will gather at the Albert Hall for its most glamorous evening of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, April 4, 2018
FROTHING OVER WITH FEMALE HILARITY A pre-curtain ensemble of one harpsichord and a quartet of periwigged lady saxophonists, playing Mozart with a touch of oompah, is always a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:48PMMonday, April 2, 2018
If Al Pacino had announced in, say, 1980 that he was retiring — deciding that the strenuous demands of Method acting had become too much for him — he’d have already done enough incredi…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00AMSaturday, March 31, 2018
Sir Michael Morpurgo is supporting a large-scale public performance to honour the warrior at the spot where his body returned to British soilIn 1916, the Rev David Railton, a former curate i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, March 30, 2018
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SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, March 24, 2018
The actor spoke about the end of her marriage to James McAvoy on the BBC Radio 4 showAnne-Marie Duff has spoken of the emotional impact of the end of her decade-long marriage to the Scottish…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PMIT’S THAT SHOW AGAIN, AND VERY WELCOME TOO It’s WW2 themed. Gas masks, posters, programmes in an ARP fire-bucket and rude songs to cheer the troops on leave and show Hitler that B…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:02AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Here is how our panel of lawyers looked at key issues in a lawsuit over Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMThursday, March 22, 2018
HARD HOMECOMINGS FOR THE DOGS OF WAR Boots, boots, boots, boots: stamping out the immemorial rhythm of army discipline, nineteen men and women move as one, expressionless, freed for a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:21PM 
